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Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold...
Gold is a vain and foolish fancy.
[Fr., L'or est une chimere.]
Gold is a vain and foolish fancy.
[Fr., L'or est une chimere.]
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time
As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon read more
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of
thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!
Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of
gold; by gold love is procured.
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Truly now is the golden age; the highest honour comes by means of
gold; by gold love is procured.
[Lat., Aurea nunc vere sunt saecula; plurimus auto
Venit honos; auro concilatur amor.]
What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.
What nature wants, commodious gold bestows;
'Tis thus we cut the bread another sows.
A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.
A thirst for gold,
The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm
The meanest hearts.
How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
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How quickly nature falls into revolt
When gold becomes her object!
For this the foolish overcareful fathers
Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.
Their bones with industry.
For this they have engrossed and piled up
The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;
For this they have been thoughtful to invest
Their sons with arts and martial exercises.
For gold in phisik is a cordial;
Therefore he lovede gold in special.
For gold in phisik is a cordial;
Therefore he lovede gold in special.